St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-03
MORE TROUBLE EXPECTED.
Trying to Advance the Flour and
Grain Rates From St. Paul and
Minneapolis and Chicago.

Minneapolis and Chicago.
Considerable excitement was caused
Tuesday morning, the Chicago Tribune
says, by the report that the Northwest
ern had agreed to advance east-bound
rates from st. Paul and Minneapolis to
Chicago. 1t was ascertained that the
foundation for the report was that the
competitors of the Chicago, Burlington q
Northern, finding they could not induce
the latter to join them in advancing
grain and fiOu: rates from Minneapolis,
agreed to let that road take all the -four
and grain business from Minneapolis at
the 715-cent rate and advance their rate
to 10 cents per 100 in order to base the
rates on -four and grain from local inter-
mediate stations i'm the West and North
west upon 10-cent instead of ~
cent rate. as heretofore. By this action
there will simply be slight advance in
local rates from intermediate stations
between Minneapolis and Chicago, but
the rates from Minneapolis to Chicago
will be no higher than heretofore, as
the Burlington q Northern Is able to
handle all the flour and grain shipped
from Minneapolis to Chicago and the
East that is not going on milling
in transit orders. The hIilwau-
kee T st. Paul and Northwestern
during the last few months have
sold enough milling in transit orders
which pay them but little more than 5
cents per 100 pounds from Minneapolis
to Chicago, and consequently for the
sake of getting slightly increased rate
on their local traffic prefer to let the
Burlington & Northern take all the
-four and grain not covered by their
in ran of
these cheap milling in transit rates being
made by those roads, the Burlington
IL Northern refuses to join the c0mbi-
nation, and persists in holding to the
seven and One-half cent rate. Its of
ficers say that it would be suicidal for
the Chicago, Burlington & Northern,
which has but few local points to pro-
tect and can haul twice as heavy trains
as any other roads on account of hay
ing easier grades, to make a higher rate
than IL cents so long as the North
western country is flooded with milling
in transit orders issued by it's compet-
itors, which leave those roads but about
cents, Minneapolis to Chicago.
The Burlington & Northern by adj
vancing rates, they say, would lose all
of its flour and grain business, and its
competitors would carry it ON the cheap
III tIdtlSlt OluCIS. OO lO1fS do
those orders are in the market, they
say. their road will continue to make a
~ cent rate. The Wisconsin Central
and the Minnesota & Northwestern have
been doing such small flour and grain
business from Minneapolis proper that
they can afford to make an
advance to secure better rate
on their local business. The Mime
sofa & Northwestern has to pay higher
terminal charges at Minneapolis, and
cannot afford to take grain or flour from
that point at ~ cent rate, which ac-
counts for its action in joining the other
roads. 1t is not believed that the 10
cent rate on flour and grain from inter-
mediate stations, even, can be main
tanned, so long as the Burling-
ton 81 Northern continues to
make ~ cent rate. There can
be no doubt that shippers
at all points reached by the Burlington
Il Northern will give the latter the
preference in making shipments of
other articles than grain and -four, and
the Wisconsin Central,
Minnesota Il Northwestern, and other
lines will be compelled to make as lib
erai rates on flour an grain as are made
by the Burlington Il Northern if they
mean to secure fair proportion OF this
as well as other ira fife the rates On
which have not been advanced.